A Comparative Review of Policy for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe

This paper is comparative a study of the policies for the protection of the architectural heritage currently in place in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Georgia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. These countries are a representative sample of 32 countries that have brought the provisions of the Granada Convention (the Convention for the protection of the Architectural Heritage 1985) into force. Set against the articles of the convention the paper examines different approaches that have been adopted bearing in mind that the convention called for monitoring of the implementation of its provisions, which has not yet taken place. In this respect the paper provides a current overview of the extent of implementation and the different procedures and policies utilised.